Mom & Me Three Archive

    I've got labs from her first "monthly" draw since January 21st, taken last Wednesday. Very nice numbers. I'm going input them forthwith but probably won't complete them until tomorrow morning. In case you're curious, her hemoglobin was 11.2! Excellent! At Mesa's elevation, according to the last normal range (ranges, as you may know, are refigured occasionally-to-frequently per lab depending on all results obtained within a particular time period per area, gender and age and on the make of the tests used), 11.2 is within .3 of falling into normal range. As a neurologist informed me during her last hospital visit, because of her advanced age, the fact that much of the last 24 years has been spent at Mesa elevation and that most of her life has been spent at Mesa elevation or below it would be unusual for her body to adjust to normal ranges for 6000' elevation. Which is fine. Several of her other readings, while slightly out of normal range for Prescott elevation, are within normal range for Mesa elevation. Her monthlies now include a B(asic)M(etabolic)P(anel, to keep an eye on her electrolytes and BUN (which remains high) and a urinalysis, which came back clear.
    I'm continuing modified grunt work, am not taking a vacation from caregiving, just a vacation from reporting on it, am continuing to take stats, although I've not been recording her bowel movements but those remain regular, easy and well formed [Eeww, do you have to be so specific? Yes, Virginia, there really is a good reason to notice the detail of her bowel movements.]
    I've gotten her to begin therapy exercises, again, easy and light and occasional. I do not harrass her anymore if I can't convince her within a few minutes. Things are going well. I'm pleased. Mom's in good spirits. I'll be reporting more...
    ...sooner than later.